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In Beaumont, a Southeast Texas city of 118,000 about 75 miles east of Houston, the problem is simple, stark and stifling: too little drinking water caused by too much floodwater.

After Tropical Storm Harvey in the past days caused severe flooding throughout the area, residents awoke Thursday to another crisis that would send officials scrambling for help and cause evacuations at local hospital and shelters and long lines for water at grocery stores.

“At this time there is no water supply for the city water system,” a statement from the flood-ravaged city said. It contained this ominous note about repairs and resumption of service: “There is no way to determine how long this will take at this time.”